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Plan your Italy trip.
Walk it with us beside you.

A paid Italy trip companion from Italy on Foot: make better decisions before you leave, then get practical help once you’re in Italy: where to eat, what to cut, what to book, and what to do when the day changes.

Choose your Italy on Foot pass

Both passes include planning tools before the trip and live Companion help while you’re in Italy. You only spend answers when the app generates help for you, not when you open your trip, check the map, or review saved plans.

Trip Pass
€29

One Italy trip. 90 days. Plan it, save it, walk it.

  • One active Italy trip window
  • 90 days of access
  • All Plan features
  • All Companion features
  • 200 Ask Us + live Companion answers
  • Saved trip, Today, Food Now, Plan B, Ask Us, Map, Trip Check, and Ticket Timing

Best for one upcoming Italy trip, or if you are already in Italy and need help now.

Italy Year
€59/ year

12 months for repeat travelers. Up to 3 Italy trip windows.

  • 12 months of access
  • Up to 3 Italy trip windows
  • All Plan features
  • All Companion features
  • 600 Ask Us + live Companion answers per year
  • Good for repeat trips, long planning, or more than one Italy visit this year

Best if you may plan or take more than one Italy trip this year.

Need more answers later?

Active pass holders can add more Ask Us + Companion answers.

€975 extra answers

Good when you’re already in Italy and need a little more help.

€15150 extra answers

Good for heavy Companion use, family trips, or longer stays.

€19Extra trip window

Available to Italy Year users after all 3 included trip windows have been used.

Top-ups require an active Trip Pass or Italy Year plan. Extra trip windows are only available after your included Italy Year windows have been used.

What your pass helps with

Use it before you leave to make better trip decisions. Use it in Italy when you need fast help that fits where you are, how tired you are, and what changed today.

Before the trip

  • Choose when to go

    Get opinionated date windows, tradeoffs, crowd warnings, weather notes, and the honest catch behind each recommendation.

  • Build a route that makes sense

    Check city order, nights per stop, travel time, and whether your route creates unnecessary backtracking.

  • Find expensive mistakes before they happen

    Trip Check looks for risky plans: impossible days, missing tickets, bad transfer timing, closed-day problems, hotel spike periods, and early flights after late nights.

  • Know what to book and when

    Get a ticket timing checklist with what to book now, what can wait, what to skip, and where official links belong.

  • Compare cities without getting lost

    Compare 2–3 cities by crowd level, cost, minimum stay, walking feel, best use case, and whether they fit this trip.

Once you’re in Italy

  • Open Today

    See today’s city, day number, current plan, next stop, and the fastest actions for the moment.

  • Find food near you now

    Food Now gives 3–5 practical options with walk time, price range, why it fits, dietary notes, and open/closed confidence.

  • Get a Plan B

    Rain, heat, tired kids, missed trains, closures, long lines, delays, get specific alternatives instead of generic advice.

  • Ask Us

    Ask practical questions about your day, your route, your bookings, or what to do next.

  • Cut something without ruining the day

    When the plan is too much, get a realistic version of the day that protects the best parts and removes the least valuable stop.

  • Use the map without spending answers

    Opening your map, checking saved places, and viewing your day plan do not use answers.

Specific answers, not generic travel advice

These are examples of the kind of help Italy on Foot gives. Personalized answers unlock after checkout and use your trip details.

Sample answer · Ask Us

“We’re in Florence, tired after the Uffizi, and still have Boboli Gardens and Piazzale Michelangelo planned. What should we cut?”

Cut Boboli today. Keep Piazzale Michelangelo only if you still want the view later.

You’ve already done the most demanding part of the day. Boboli adds more walking, stairs, and heat exposure, and it is less rewarding when you’re tired.

Better version:
  • Take a real break now.
  • Do an easy dinner near Santo Spirito or your hotel.
  • Go to Piazzale Michelangelo around sunset only if you recover.
  • Move Boboli to tomorrow morning or skip it without guilt.

In the paid app, this kind of Ask Us reply counts as 1 answer.

Sample result · Food Now

“Lunch within 10 minutes. Not touristy. One vegetarian.”

Best pick: a casual trattoria 7 minutes away with reliable vegetarian options and a better lunch rhythm than the piazza restaurants.

Example result set:

  • Best overall, short walk, good value, easier seating
  • Fastest, simple lunch, less charm, but practical
  • Vegetarian-safe, slightly farther, best fit for dietary needs
  • Last resort, open now, convenient, not special

In the paid app, one Food Now result set counts as 1 answer.

Sample result · Plan B

“It’s raining in Venice and we have outdoor wandering planned all afternoon.”

Do not force the original plan. Make this a short indoor afternoon, then go back out if the rain breaks.
Better version:
  • Choose one indoor anchor, not three.
  • Add a coffee stop nearby.
  • Keep one short scenic walk.
  • Save the long canal wandering for tomorrow morning.

Honest note: If everyone is tired, nap first. Venice is better when you are not dragging yourself through rain.

In the paid app, one Plan B result set counts as 1 answer.

About our recommendations

Italy is full of options. Italy on Foot is designed to help you choose, not send you into another hour of searching.

Fewer, better options

We do not try to show every possible restaurant, route, museum, or day trip. We focus on practical recommendations that help you make the next good decision.

Built around real travel constraints

Good Italy advice depends on timing, walking comfort, heat, closures, ticket pressure, transfer fatigue, food needs, family notes, and how much energy you have left.

Honest when the answer is “skip it”

Sometimes the right move is to cut a stop, slow down, eat nearby, avoid a transfer, or stop trying to rescue the original plan.

Clear confidence, not false certainty

For live checks, restaurants, tickets, and opening hours, the app should show confidence clearly and point you to official sources when a final decision depends on current availability.

Practical over performative

The goal is not to create the most impressive itinerary. The goal is to help your trip work when you are hungry, tired, late, rained on, or unsure what to do next.

Instagram
You can see our travel style before you buy

Rome on Foot is where we share the kind of Italy advice we believe in: practical routes, useful context, honest recommendations, and places that make sense on a real day of travel.

Follow @romeonfoot on Instagram

The app turns that point of view into trip-specific help before and during your Italy trip.

Questions before you choose a pass

Is the Italy on Foot app free?
No. The app is paid-only. You can view pricing, sample screens, sample answers, answer-counting rules, About Recommendations, and the app-vs-guides explanation before checkout. Personalized trip planning and live Companion help require a pass.
Which pass should I choose?
Choose Trip Pass if you have one Italy trip coming up or you are already in Italy. Choose Italy Year if you may plan or take more than one Italy trip this year.
What is included with Trip Pass?
Trip Pass includes one active Italy trip window, 90 days of access, all Plan and Companion features, and 200 Ask Us + live Companion answers.
What is included with Italy Year?
Italy Year includes 12 months of access, up to 3 Italy trip windows, all Plan and Companion features, and 600 Ask Us + live Companion answers per year.
What happens after I buy Trip Pass while planning a trip?
You create your trip with dates or a rough window, cities or regions, trip length, walking comfort, and food constraints. Then the app creates your first saved trip and takes you to Plan Home.
What happens after I buy Trip Pass while already in Italy?
You only complete a short setup: current city, dates left, hotel area or current location, dietary constraints, and walking comfort. Then you land directly on Today with Food Now, Plan B, Ask Us, and Map.
Why is the already-in-Italy setup shorter?
Because someone on a train platform or standing outside a closed museum should not have to build a perfect 10-day itinerary. The goal is to get you to useful help quickly.
What happens after I buy Italy Year?
You can create your first Italy trip window. Your account shows your 3 included windows, 600 answers per year, current answer balance, and renewal date.
Can I buy an extra Italy Year trip window?
Only after you have used your 3 included Italy Year trip windows.
What is an Ask Us + Companion answer?
An answer is counted when the app generates help for you. For example: an Ask Us reply, a Food Now result set, a Plan B result set, a live itinerary rebuild, a ticket or opening-hours check, or more options after a result.
What counts as 1 answer?

These count as 1 answer:

  • Ask Us chat response
  • Food Now result set
  • Plan B result set
  • Adjust Today / Cut Something
  • Live itinerary rebuild
  • Ticket or opening-hours live check
  • Restaurant, bathroom, or coffee near me
  • Regenerate / more options, with warning
What does not count?
Passive app use does not spend answers. Opening your saved trip, viewing a day plan, opening the map, viewing previous answers, checking your remaining balance, reading an already-generated ticket timeline, GPS refreshes, notifications, account settings, checkout, support messages, failed responses, and safety/system messages do not count.
Does opening the map use an answer?
No. Opening and viewing the map is passive app usage and does not count as an answer.
Does “show more options” use another answer?
Yes. Regenerating or asking for more options uses 1 additional answer. The app should warn you before it does.
What happens if I use all my answers?
You can still open your saved trip, view your day plan, check the map, and read previous answers. To keep using Ask Us and live Companion help, you can buy a top-up if you have an active base plan.
Can I buy a top-up without a pass?
No. Top-ups require an active Trip Pass or Italy Year plan.
Is the app the same as the PDF guides?
No. The PDF guides and the app are separate. The guides are for destination reading and inspiration. The app is a paid trip companion built around your saved trip, dates, route, bookings, daily plan, or current situation in Italy.
Does the app replace official ticket sites?
No. The app helps you understand what to book, when to book it, and what to prioritize. For tickets, reservations, and opening-hours-sensitive plans, you should still use official sources before purchasing or visiting.
Can I restore my purchase on another device?
Yes. Log in with the same account and use restore purchase if needed.
Do support or billing messages use answers?
No. Support, billing, and refund-related messages do not spend Ask Us + Companion answers.

Looking for Italy on Foot guides?

Italy on Foot guides and the Italy on Foot app are separate products. The guides are fixed PDF city guides for reading before you go. The app is a paid trip companion built around your dates, route, saved trip, food needs, walking comfort, and what is happening during your day in Italy.

Use the guides when you want destination reading. Use the app when you need help deciding what to book, what to cut, where to eat, or what to do next.

Browse PDF city guides

PDF guides are sold separately and do not include Trip Pass, Italy Year, Ask Us, Food Now, Plan B, Today, or live Companion help.

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